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Title: A Shark Out of Water: A John Thatcher Mystery by Emma Lathen ISBN: 0-312-17018-1 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Tedious tedious tedious
Comment: There is so much boring detail that I could hardly finish this book. Ever since Lathen turned John Thatcher into a minor character in this series, the books have been dull.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another winner for Lathen
Comment: The latest John Putnam Thatcher book continues the trend of focusing less on Thatcher and his fellow bank associates, and more on third party participants in the murder and mayhem going on around Thatcher. The European locale adds flavor to the plot; the internal politics of a unified western Europe organization makes for interesting reading. Readers know what to expect from Ms. Lathen, and will not be dissapointed. Hopefully the series will continue despite the death of one of the two co-authors using the Emma Lathen pseudonym.
Rating: 5
Summary: As terrific as always
Comment: An environmental disaster has struck Germany^Rs Kiel Canal whena fogcauses numerous collisions and oil spills. Due to the accident and the high degree of shipping through the canal, the German government is thinking of taking out a loan to rebuild and widen the canal. The myriad of insurance claims that follow the aftermath and the potential German project are both being handled through the Baltic Area Development Association (BADA). Wall Street, ever interested in a good deal, dispatches John Putnam Thatcher to Gdansk, Poland to learn whether it pays to invest in the canal renovation deal.
However, the simple business transaction takes a nasty turn when a BADA official claims to have uncovered fraud within the organization. Immediately after the announcement, the official^Rs battered corpse is found and the murder of his lover shortly follows. The Polish police officer Oblonski turns to Thatcher to help him muddle through the world of international finance to uncover the identity of a fiscal murderer.
A SHARK OUT OF WATER is the twenty-third book in the Thatcher series and surprisingly with all of those novels, the current story is a refreshing tale. Thatcher is a great character and the story line is filled with self deprecating irony as Emma Lathen laughs at the slapstick efforts of governments and international corporations capitalization of the former Soviet Union. The who-done-it is well written, but it is the intricate glimpses into the wacky, weird, almost mystical, world of international finance that turns this into another great Thatcher novel. Harriet Klausner
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Title: Brewing up a Storm (John Putnam Thatcher Mysteries) by Emma Lathen ISBN: 0061044342 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: PICK UP STICKS M (Inner Sanctum Mystery) by Emma Lathen ISBN: 0671206869 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 15 November, 1970 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Right on the Money: A John Putnam Thatcher Mystery by Emma Lathen ISBN: 0671737082 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: WHEN IN GREECE by Emma Lathen ISBN: 0671825046 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 August, 1985 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: Banking on Murder: Three by Emma Lathen : Death Shall Overcome, Murder Against the Grain, a Stitch in Time by Emma Lathen ISBN: 0025688707 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 October, 1984 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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